The Week In Tours, May 24

With the exception of artists with a steadfast punk-ethic, tours are being chopped into “select dates” for veteran acts. Face it: When was the last time Booka Shade took on South Dakota and preceded to drive straight on through to Indiana? Never. So in honor of the badass touring habits of today’s established ensembles, here are a couple of short-lived tours pit against a punk venture.

Danish octet Under Byen is joining The Album Leaf for a series of orchestral shows bound to silence a grip of coast folk. The math-punk femme fatale known as Marnie Stern gets downright prog on the whole country, while Rhymesayers’ playboy Blueprint spits his game in a few select cities. And Dirtybird’s founding tech-master Claude VonStroke pays his dues at Movement and a few special club affairs. Get some.